'Kruk and Kuip; KCBS' Evans; Dito's Press box; KRONers $500 bonus; Wednesday media rundown

**I go back and forth on "Kruk and Kuip." (Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper)

There's times when they infuriate the hell out of me, but they also demonstrate a dynamic tandem and work quite well together; it's fairly evident on both their radio, (KNBR) and cable duties, (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) broadcasting SF Giants games.

Pretty obvious that their "homer tendencies" are neutralized by the fact that both know their stuff very well; will at times take umbrage at Giants miscues if necessary, and are immensely popular with the local Giants fan base.

By the way, glad that Kuiper was back on the air Tuesday night after leaving Monday's telecast with a temporary illness.

**KCBS's overnight voice of reason: John Evans

Evans is a veteran Bay Area news broadcaster, having worked at KFRC, K-101, and his steady, at times, humorous and mellow delivery is always comforting to check out in the wee hours of the morning.

**XTRA's, "The Press Box with Ken Dito", enters its second month with a niche among the SF market's sports broadcasters, writers, columnists--while the program is still relatively off the radio radar, its industry-laden hour-long chock full of interviews, press-box chatter and schmoozfest is an interesting alternative to KNBR, although to be fair to knibber, Gary Radnich has his style and Dito likes to do his thing. The upside? More variety on the sports-radio airwaves and that's healthy for everyone.

**Speaking of KNBR, on sister-station KNBR 1050, Noon-4 PM host, Damon Bruce offered up a potential nightmare for NFL football fans.

Bruce opined the possibility of a players walkout right after the conclusion of the regular season, thereby threatening the league's playoffs and Super Bowl. As Bruce pointed out, the players would have maximum leverage at that date--one hopes both sides would try to get a deal by then, but I wouldn't count on it.

**As first reported here, KRON staffers got a $500 bonus check from Vince Young on Tuesday. PARTY!

**That tragic murder of the German woman tourist in the cities theatre district received big play on the local media scene. As one SFPD lieutenant put it tersely, "the woman was simply in the wrong place in the wrong time."




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